§ Mr. Watkinsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services on how many patients electroconvulsive therapy treatment has been used in Coney Hill hospital, Gloucestershire.
§ Mr. MoyleApproximately, 3,750 patients have received electroconvulsive therapy treatment at Coney Hill Hospital, Gloucester, in the three years, but precise figures are not readily available.
§ Mr. Watkinsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services which hospitals in Gloucestershire use electroconvulsive therapy treatment.
§ Mr. Watkinsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) if there is any monitoring by his Department of the use of electroconvulsive therapy treatment in United Kingdom hospitals.
(2) if his Department keeps statistics on the use on electroconvulsive therapy treatment in United Kingdom hospitals.
§ Mr. MoyleI refer my hon. Friend to my replies to my hon. Friend the Member for Paddington (Mr. Latham) on 18th April and my hon. Friend the Member for West Bromwich, West (Miss Boothroyd) and the hon. Member for Warwick and Leamington (Mr. Smith) on 13th June.—[Vol. 951, c.427–8.] I am sending my hon. Friend a copy of the memorandum referred to. I have very recently received from the Royal College of Psychiatrists a proposal for a research investigation into the present use of electroconvulsive therapy in England, and I am now considering it.